Where does “steel” come from?

steel (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch stelen, from Middle Dutch stēlen, from Old Dutch stelan, from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

steel (Afrikaans): to steal

Definitions

  1. to steal

Ancestry of “steel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstelento steal
2Middle Dutchstēlento steal
3Old Dutchstelanto steal
4Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
5Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tsel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stelaną →Every word from Old Dutch stelan →